George Keverian (June 3, 1931 – March 6, 2009) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 until 1991.

[1] In his role in the legislature, he was an advocate for greater openness in leadership, free speech and government reform.

George Keverian was born in Everett, Massachusetts, located in Middlesex County, near Boston.

Keverian was the son of Armenian parents who immigrated to America from Turkey before 1915; his mother was a dressmaker and his father ran a shoe repair business.

Running for three seats in a field of three dozen, Keverian used a high-speed motion picture camera suggested by his brother that could capture still images of each house in the ward.